tepescite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tepesco, tepescere, tepui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grow warm/acquire some heat; become tepid/lukewarm; grow warm/cool (passion);
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aestu curarum, nutantque minae et prior ira tepescit. tunc firmat sese, fictumque ac triste renidens, 'paruane prostratis,' inquit..."- P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vulneris undam spumantem, et fixo ferrum in pulmone tepescit. tum Meropem atque Erymanta manu, tum sternit Aphidnum..."